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>> i will vote for ross obama, -- barack obama because we only have two choices, and he is infinitely preferable, but my biggest concern is the fact they have not brought the same urgency that dr. king talked about and that obama talked about to the problems we are facing domestically and that we continue to be in afghanistan even though there is no clear objective there. we are allowing young men and women to die or be maimed there and spending money without any key objective, and that is troubling that mitt romney did not even mention afghanistan in his speech, and i am sad and the one great thing about clint eastwood's speech is he did address afghanistan. he did urge all of us to do what we could to get out, and he got tremendous applause, so this is something that no longer has popular support. tavis: i want to talk about these three issues that are being covered at your shadow convention. so many of these issues never make it to the stage at either party convention. i should also say next week dr. west and i are going back on our and we are going to battleground states this time
>> i will vote for ross obama, -- barack obama because we only have two choices, and he is infinitely preferable, but my biggest concern is the fact they have not brought the same urgency that dr. king talked about and that obama talked about to the problems we are facing domestically and that we continue to be in afghanistan even though there is no clear objective there. we are allowing young men and women to die or be maimed there and spending money without any key objective, and that...
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, and he did do a good job of making obama the center of attention, a referendum on obama. we know now especially now that medicare is on the table this is no longer a referendum on obama, it is a comparison. if obama hasn't done the job can mitt romney do the job any better? he did not make that case. people are saying he is well organized, a nice guy, still kind of comes off like i.e. makes don draper look like elton john, you know? he helped that image and his wife really helped him. >> mitt romney talks about his experience starting bain and the companies bain capital invested in. >> some of the companies we helped start you know and have heard from tonight. an office company called staples where i'm pleased to see the obama campaign has been shopping. [ applause ] >> the sports authority, which of course became a favorite of my boys. we helped start an early childhood learning company called bright horizons that first lady michelle obama rightly praised. at a time when nobody thought we'd ever see a new steel mill built in america we took a chance and built one in a co
, and he did do a good job of making obama the center of attention, a referendum on obama. we know now especially now that medicare is on the table this is no longer a referendum on obama, it is a comparison. if obama hasn't done the job can mitt romney do the job any better? he did not make that case. people are saying he is well organized, a nice guy, still kind of comes off like i.e. makes don draper look like elton john, you know? he helped that image and his wife really helped him....
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the obama administration initially stumbled upon that a answer. i suspect they are going to answer that question, but i guess i am wondering whether a strategy of it could have been worse is what they want to hear, so how are you going to answer the question are you better now than you were four years ago? >> i think you have to ask where people were in 2008. most people are much worse off, but it is not enough. you have to paint a picture of where we are going and how we get there. it is going to be better than today, because too many americans are hurting today. we have too much poverty. americans are still under water in terms of their homes. one out of every three or four americans owes more on their home than what they are worth your your this is not a time to celebrate. the direction they are going on is positive, but it is not enough, and i hope president obama tells the american people how we are going to get from here to where he wants to go. the only thing we really seek is tax cuts to the rich, cuts in programs that revitalize the middl
the obama administration initially stumbled upon that a answer. i suspect they are going to answer that question, but i guess i am wondering whether a strategy of it could have been worse is what they want to hear, so how are you going to answer the question are you better now than you were four years ago? >> i think you have to ask where people were in 2008. most people are much worse off, but it is not enough. you have to paint a picture of where we are going and how we get there. it is...
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was either even or slightly behind obama among seniors. remember, barack obama's base is minority voters, young people, and women. he gets very good numbers among young people. he lost senior citizens to john mccain. if he can neutralize that or reduce his margin, he's in much better shape. gwen: even though the enthusiasm of yuck people is not what it was four years ago. >> you ran that clip of governor romney talking about throwing in the towel. this is a collie slay in politics. the tea party movement worked from the outside to the inside. the whole notion is silly. why did he jump on it? he's kind of jumping on everything. why did he jump on it? what they see in their focus groups is obama voters from 2008 disappointed in the president who think he's just kind of stuck. he can't make things better. so the feeling is out there and now they're trying to say you see, he thinks he's stuck. gwen: wasn't that the danger in the immigration question? you promised you were going to do this and you didn't. that's a risky place for the president.
was either even or slightly behind obama among seniors. remember, barack obama's base is minority voters, young people, and women. he gets very good numbers among young people. he lost senior citizens to john mccain. if he can neutralize that or reduce his margin, he's in much better shape. gwen: even though the enthusiasm of yuck people is not what it was four years ago. >> you ran that clip of governor romney talking about throwing in the towel. this is a collie slay in politics. the...
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obama has a bad ee economy. we. >> charlie:we can included with frank how paid media is shape thg campaign. >> the truth is this election is going to be can decided by the main stream, people dead center who believe in a right of center economic approach and leave us alone on social issues. they're closer to barack obama on social and closer to mitt romney on economic issues. so they're torn. >> there's a difference betweend actually said, i don't care. i will follow this on election day that's it. the problem is neither candidate is speaking to them in the way they want to be spoken to or talking to them, the words that they want to hear. >> charlie:march inas balances and tee i don't know and frank when we continue. >> funding provided by the following. >> charlie:additionalg provided by that's funders: >> c captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. the special edition of charlie rose. >> this evening we continue our coverage of the democratic national
obama has a bad ee economy. we. >> charlie:we can included with frank how paid media is shape thg campaign. >> the truth is this election is going to be can decided by the main stream, people dead center who believe in a right of center economic approach and leave us alone on social issues. they're closer to barack obama on social and closer to mitt romney on economic issues. so they're torn. >> there's a difference betweend actually said, i don't care. i will follow this on...
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obama gathered on the south lawn of the white house. a bell tolled three times at 8:46 a.m., the moment the first hijacked plane struck the north tower in new york. then, a moment of silence. from there, the president took the short ride across the potomac to place a wreath for the 184 killed at the pentagon. several hundred people listened as mr. obama remembered the day's multiple shocks. >> even now all these years later, it is easy for those of us who lived through that day to close our eyes and to find ourselves back there. back here. back when grief crashed over us like an awful wave, when americans everywhere held each other tight. this is never an easy day, but it is especially difficult for all of you. the families of nearly 3,000 innocents who lost their lives. >> ifill: vice president biden echoed that sentiment in shanksville, pennsylvania. flight 93 crashed after its passengers fought back against the hijackers. >> my personal prayer for all of you is that in every succeeding year, you're able to sing more than you weep. ma
obama gathered on the south lawn of the white house. a bell tolled three times at 8:46 a.m., the moment the first hijacked plane struck the north tower in new york. then, a moment of silence. from there, the president took the short ride across the potomac to place a wreath for the 184 killed at the pentagon. several hundred people listened as mr. obama remembered the day's multiple shocks. >> even now all these years later, it is easy for those of us who lived through that day to close...
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obama should you feel that way now that he is president? [applause] there is something wrong with the job he has done with the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> it was not a personal attack where his integrity or character but his job performance. you don't feel so giddy. it is a great line. appealing to the emotional reaction to those who do remember how optimistic they were and now how disappointed they are where we are. gerri: another comment was about obama's performance with the environment. it was all laugh line but not deliver that way. >> obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. [laughter] and and he'll the planets. my promise is to help you and your family. gerri: that introduction was funny. >> key is not a stand-up comic do not stand on your laugh line. raise your voice that you are clear you are sarcastic some the people were not sure if he was serious. he had a facial expansion but you don't see that if you are in the auditorium. -- shot a tory of. you cannot
obama should you feel that way now that he is president? [applause] there is something wrong with the job he has done with the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> it was not a personal attack where his integrity or character but his job performance. you don't feel so giddy. it is a great line. appealing to the emotional reaction to those who do remember how optimistic they were and now how disappointed they are where we are. gerri:...
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we both admire obama. we admire different people. >> charlie:the obama you see is different than he sees. >> eg sees populist fighting for the working class. i see trend holding guy fix our politics. so we both like that guy. but i would say in the last couple years, e.j.'s guy has emerged than may guy. but i don't think my guy is dead. >> charlie:is there one politician anywhere that defines what you believe would be the type profile that would get us to where you think we need to be? >> i'm tended to say no, i toned point to a whole group of people. you know who i would say just about any mayor or governor in this country. we have fascinating group of mayors. >> charlie:and their place is the laboratory. >> right. whether it's rahm emmanuel, mayor bloomberg or fof nors mich daniels. these people are conducting policies. personally wish wosh conducted in washington. you don't have to go far. you see change every day. i remember watching rahm emanuel come pain inning chicago. facing obvious challenges. fix
we both admire obama. we admire different people. >> charlie:the obama you see is different than he sees. >> eg sees populist fighting for the working class. i see trend holding guy fix our politics. so we both like that guy. but i would say in the last couple years, e.j.'s guy has emerged than may guy. but i don't think my guy is dead. >> charlie:is there one politician anywhere that defines what you believe would be the type profile that would get us to where you think we...
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and we will have that under barak obama. in thenq 21st century global economy, prosperity requires leaders committed to creating good jobs by investing in our future, in our ports, roads, bridges, airports, energy, and telecommunications and in our public schools. leaders who are serious about rebuilding our manufacturing economy, leaders like barak obama and joe biden. and we know that the wealthiest and most powerful among us, those who have benefited most in recent years, must do their part to help rebuild america. deep prosperity requires economic security. and we will stand with leaders who strengthens and protects social security and medicare and medicaid, not those who plan to cut benefits that working people paid for, earned and are counting on. prosperity requires democracy. starting with the essential right of everyone in this great country to a voice, both at the ballot box and at the workplace. the right to solve problems together. and to climb the ladder to the middle class the old-fashioned way through hard wor
and we will have that under barak obama. in thenq 21st century global economy, prosperity requires leaders committed to creating good jobs by investing in our future, in our ports, roads, bridges, airports, energy, and telecommunications and in our public schools. leaders who are serious about rebuilding our manufacturing economy, leaders like barak obama and joe biden. and we know that the wealthiest and most powerful among us, those who have benefited most in recent years, must do their part...
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gwen: i want to get back to the fire obama part. we're here in charlotte to watch the democrats but i was cure ow, humanizing part which he and ann romney seemed to some way resist doing too much of, so they got others to do it for them. and then there was emphasis on the convention floor, diversity of voices, especially latino voices. mr. romney is losing to barack obama among them and it was a big focus on women voters. so did they break threw on those fronts? >> i think they did. not on the african-american front. i think it's possible they did on the women front, which was the most conspicuous focus. white women were the audience they were trying to talk to here. hispanics to a lesser degree. they can't be moved as much -- they're not locked in as much as african-americans are. gwen: seemed more like they were talking about the future of his panics in the party rather then the president. >> exactly. i agree with jeff. i think there were moments especially in romney's acceptance speech when he showed emotion, he talked about fami
gwen: i want to get back to the fire obama part. we're here in charlotte to watch the democrats but i was cure ow, humanizing part which he and ann romney seemed to some way resist doing too much of, so they got others to do it for them. and then there was emphasis on the convention floor, diversity of voices, especially latino voices. mr. romney is losing to barack obama among them and it was a big focus on women voters. so did they break threw on those fronts? >> i think they did. not...
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there is a sizable anti-obama movement in the country, and when obama cut into that feeling, it boosts him and since romney -- - nks romney. >> one of clinton's lines really hit home. the amount of hate that republicans have for barack obama is just astounding. it is not just political differences. it is really rock, visceral h ate. and you hear it week after week, day after day, moment after moment through the foxxrowd. >> that is complete rubbish. i've not heard one republican use the language that the leader of the california delegationnnn used in describing paul ryan as the goebbels of our time, as a nazi. he had to excuse himself and return home because of a previously scheduled root canal. >> if you are attempting to say that you have not heard a visceral hatred spread for barack obama, then we just -- maybe i will stop the show. >> let's not, just to be nice to me. the first lady wins rave reviews, but not for everyone. >> when you work hard and have done well and go through the doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. >> i thought michelle obama did an enormo
there is a sizable anti-obama movement in the country, and when obama cut into that feeling, it boosts him and since romney -- - nks romney. >> one of clinton's lines really hit home. the amount of hate that republicans have for barack obama is just astounding. it is not just political differences. it is really rock, visceral h ate. and you hear it week after week, day after day, moment after moment through the foxxrowd. >> that is complete rubbish. i've not heard one republican use...
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barack obama has a compelling story. mitt romney's story of growing up in a life of privilege, going to prep school where he cut off another kid's hair -- you know, starting a business that became a successful business, that is the story. if we can find enough rouge -- >> john mccain had a war story. >> mitt romney was a rich kid with a lot of connections. >> mitt romney clearly has trouble talking about himself. not about his success in business, but himself, the personal stuff. so, as we said, bring out mrs. romney and friends. >> storybook marriage? not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. [applause] >> as we say endlessly, mitt romney seems to be uncomfortable talking about himself in public. he will talk numbers all day long. talk about the salt lake city olympics, but he has a hard time getting people to look at the man inside the biography. in any other profession, that would be an attractive trade, but in modern politics, it is deemed a failure. what did ann romney tell you about her husband th
barack obama has a compelling story. mitt romney's story of growing up in a life of privilege, going to prep school where he cut off another kid's hair -- you know, starting a business that became a successful business, that is the story. if we can find enough rouge -- >> john mccain had a war story. >> mitt romney was a rich kid with a lot of connections. >> mitt romney clearly has trouble talking about himself. not about his success in business, but himself, the personal...
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making it difficult for them to defeat barack obama. but like their colleagues in red states, california republicans are doing all they can to deliver the country from mitt romney. >> the tea party is mobilizing to help get out the vote. we're going to reno in september and october. >> belva: california republican party chair tom declared his plan. >> nancy pelosi declared us a battle ground state. what i can do is make sure we can bring home the congressional races and hold on to the state senate. >> belva: some notable california republicans skipped the convince opting to stay home and campaign. but running against senator dianne feinstein decided to attend at the last minute. >> what gives you hope? >> the way we are polling gives me hope. she is at the lowest of her career. i'm 12 points behind her. that is a horse race to me. befrnlts anoth >> belva: another hopeful has become a rising star for the party and used his time in the national spotlight to talk about how the republican party can appeal to minority voters. >> my parents e
making it difficult for them to defeat barack obama. but like their colleagues in red states, california republicans are doing all they can to deliver the country from mitt romney. >> the tea party is mobilizing to help get out the vote. we're going to reno in september and october. >> belva: california republican party chair tom declared his plan. >> nancy pelosi declared us a battle ground state. what i can do is make sure we can bring home the congressional races and hold...
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obama has his. more subsidies and regulation, tax breaks for the middle class, more taxes for the rich, but both of them act as if you can act autonomously in the world, as if this can be done in the absence of an interdependent fiscal policy, and this is a blunt reality. it is not an ideology. it does not serve the democrats or the republicans. the economy is interdependent, and we need policies like that. we do not have them. tavis: it is understandable, given the condition of our economy, that oester be -- both of these conventions in the last two eggs have focused on the issue of joblessness in this country, how to put americans back to work, but i wondered, to what extent you think it is possible, that some catastrophe on the international stage might end up over these next few weeks between labor day and election day, how they might end up impacting the outcome of this race. everybody is on edge. talking about living in an interdependent world, is it foreseeable that something on the internati
obama has his. more subsidies and regulation, tax breaks for the middle class, more taxes for the rich, but both of them act as if you can act autonomously in the world, as if this can be done in the absence of an interdependent fiscal policy, and this is a blunt reality. it is not an ideology. it does not serve the democrats or the republicans. the economy is interdependent, and we need policies like that. we do not have them. tavis: it is understandable, given the condition of our economy,...
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a preview of 60 minutes interview with president obama moderate in from washington d.c. this morning. mitt romney is running a to be on the show on face the nation at 8 30 here on cbs 5. the investigation continues this morning after a woman is killed by it out of control truck and walnut creek. the girl also severely injured in that accident a pickup truck ran into them on the sidewalk police say that about 650 and thus that the truck careened into a group walking on north main street in the marriott hotel the woman down into the street and that the seeing the girl and a parking lot and had severe head injuries and the driver is now under a rest. amid a crime trends on the peninsula locked corridors will not stop burglars and palo alto or to 07 teen cars are broken into this week between wednesday and then stay some of supercomputers and personal items from cars parked downtown as well as at the stanford shopping center. they even made it inside of the car trunk. >>> if they want can they will find a way weather it's smashing the windows had think as consumers we just n
a preview of 60 minutes interview with president obama moderate in from washington d.c. this morning. mitt romney is running a to be on the show on face the nation at 8 30 here on cbs 5. the investigation continues this morning after a woman is killed by it out of control truck and walnut creek. the girl also severely injured in that accident a pickup truck ran into them on the sidewalk police say that about 650 and thus that the truck careened into a group walking on north main street in the...
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tavis: obama didn't raise it, mccain didn't raise it, the moderators, sadly, never ask about it. fast-forward four years and one out of two americans is either in poverty or low income; in poverty or, as i say, or near poverty. how, then, this time around, does poverty get to be a front burner issue between obama and romney? >> poverty only gets to be a front burner issue in our country if people demand it. we need, of course, leadership. we can hope for leadership. we had our robert kennedy, we had our paul wellstone, we have others who are in the house and senate. but really, the people running for office tend to respond to people who push, so we have to be talking about organizing, we have to be talking about people who are doing what we're doing here and reaching people in terms of the mass media and all the other ways we communicate. i think young people are very important to this. i think that the next level of people up who are also being shafted here, who are not technically poor but who have those low-wage jobs and are absolutely stuck, if you look at all the mobility st
tavis: obama didn't raise it, mccain didn't raise it, the moderators, sadly, never ask about it. fast-forward four years and one out of two americans is either in poverty or low income; in poverty or, as i say, or near poverty. how, then, this time around, does poverty get to be a front burner issue between obama and romney? >> poverty only gets to be a front burner issue in our country if people demand it. we need, of course, leadership. we can hope for leadership. we had our robert...
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and barack obama and can remind people of that. we want our president to be a bigger than life, exciting figure. the last three people we elected fit that bill and that is again a big advantage for barack obama that he can use this stage to remind people of. >> rose: this is clinton, bush and obama, the last three people elected. >> those guys were all more charismatic and filled-- gave the country a sense of possibility more than governor romney for all of hits strengths has been able to do so far. and the convention i think was his big chance to do that. and i don't think he reached that part of. >> rose: is it too late if he didn't reach it then? >> i think it's too late to do it in a way that-- that allowed him to equalize things on that. can still win without it but i think he had a chance to make it more equal, to come across as a more magical figure. i think de to some extent but my sense is not quite enough. >> rose: you are saying there is something, narrative is one thing and we all talked about that in 2008 and the absen
and barack obama and can remind people of that. we want our president to be a bigger than life, exciting figure. the last three people we elected fit that bill and that is again a big advantage for barack obama that he can use this stage to remind people of. >> rose: this is clinton, bush and obama, the last three people elected. >> those guys were all more charismatic and filled-- gave the country a sense of possibility more than governor romney for all of hits strengths has been...
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and barack obama came along in 2008... >> and what we miss right now in obama is that kind of message. >> rose: why do you think he doesn't have it? >> so i'm waiting... i feel like... i came down here i was toying with the lead of a column saying i came to tampa looking for mitt romney's even a sketch and all i got... etch a sketch and all i got was this lousy t-shirt. i was thinking now we'll see the moment where he tacks to the center. now we haven't heard his speech and maybe that won't come. but you certainly don't get the sense that that's coming. with own they're clearly made a choice-- which i find baffle baffling because i think he has achievements to run on--. >> rose: include including obamacare. >> you brag to historians about it and how many ads have they taken out selling it? not saying "i did it" but here's how we did it, here's why it will be great. >> rose: they quoted me in a column about an interview with him in which he said the thing i have failed at is narrative. and the narrative is what's got him to the white house. the narrative is begin with him telling a sto
and barack obama came along in 2008... >> and what we miss right now in obama is that kind of message. >> rose: why do you think he doesn't have it? >> so i'm waiting... i feel like... i came down here i was toying with the lead of a column saying i came to tampa looking for mitt romney's even a sketch and all i got... etch a sketch and all i got was this lousy t-shirt. i was thinking now we'll see the moment where he tacks to the center. now we haven't heard his speech and...
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unfortunately, it's not president obama. he has been on the outside looking in on this fair long time. he's proposing to put a new high tax rate on successful small businesses on top of the current tax code, and add even more complexities will to the tax code-- >> quar saying obamacare, that's what you mean. >> i was talking about the tax he mentioned in his quote that you just played for me. that particular tax increase that he's talking about pays for about 8% of his proposed deficit spending. if you add all of his tax increase, like the obamacare tax you're talking about, they don't even pay for a fifth of his proposed deficit spending. >> the tax policy center has done an analysis, and they say there is no way to pay for the cuts that you've proposed without either increasing the deficit or raising taxes on the middle class because you would have to get rid of deductions and loopholes that benefit the middle class in order to pay for those tax cuts that you're proposing and that increase in defense spending. >> so the go
unfortunately, it's not president obama. he has been on the outside looking in on this fair long time. he's proposing to put a new high tax rate on successful small businesses on top of the current tax code, and add even more complexities will to the tax code-- >> quar saying obamacare, that's what you mean. >> i was talking about the tax he mentioned in his quote that you just played for me. that particular tax increase that he's talking about pays for about 8% of his proposed...
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iran, governor romney's red line seems to be about where barack obama's is. there is no pi big difference. >> sure there is. let's go to iran. the difference is credibility. the president's iran policy lacks credibility. the ayatallah's in iran have to make a decision to stop pursuing a nuclear weapon and pursue a peaceful resolution and they are not doing that. i would argue because the president doesn't have credibility. he was silent for too long on the green revolution. when puts the military option on the table he does it in a way that doesn't have credibility because his administration sends out mixed signals such as they are more worried about an israeli attack than iran getting a nuclear weapon. >> chris: benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister gave dramatic speech at the u.n. he had a drawing and a red line and said if iran amasses that amount of enriched uranium which would be number to make a bomb we have to strike. would you and governor romney put the redline at the same place that netanyahu did. >> what we have said is a nuclear weapons ca
iran, governor romney's red line seems to be about where barack obama's is. there is no pi big difference. >> sure there is. let's go to iran. the difference is credibility. the president's iran policy lacks credibility. the ayatallah's in iran have to make a decision to stop pursuing a nuclear weapon and pursue a peaceful resolution and they are not doing that. i would argue because the president doesn't have credibility. he was silent for too long on the green revolution. when puts the...
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we want to repeal obama care. we're taking the massive increases in obama care. that are a attributable to medicaid. third of the people that obama care is supposed to serve they're pushing them on medicaid. medicaid isn't working. doctors are less likely to take people on medicaid. we want to reform medicaid. we don't expand this program as dramatically obama care does, keep it like it is, increase its funding and send it to the states so the states can fix this problem. i think government closest to the people works the best. >> but the urban institute has estimated that between 14 million and 27 million fewer people will be covered under that plan and won't the bloc grant planning that mean low-income and disabled people will lose their guaranteed right to coverage? >> no, not at all. of course not. governors are asking us all the time flexibility on medicaid. look, every state has different issues and different problems. so, we want to be able to give the states the tools they need. make sure that they spend it on their medicaid population. >> those individua
we want to repeal obama care. we're taking the massive increases in obama care. that are a attributable to medicaid. third of the people that obama care is supposed to serve they're pushing them on medicaid. medicaid isn't working. doctors are less likely to take people on medicaid. we want to reform medicaid. we don't expand this program as dramatically obama care does, keep it like it is, increase its funding and send it to the states so the states can fix this problem. i think government...
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by even i mean with obama in the lead. the next chance for romney to shift the game is at the debaess and the first one is october 3rd. he said while voters are open to firing obama, they remain quite reticent about romney. debates can and have been critical, but they work better for candidates who need to demonstrate that they are smart and knowledgeable, tests romney met and passed long ago. debates are tougher venues for demonstrates elm pat yi and developing trust. charlie cook says that's what romney needs to work on. that's true, but he also built up this narrative of himself as the problem solver and the data guy, and then he brought in paul ryan who is the budget details guy. so they had this veneer, and now that voters are looking at them and saying, you're the problem solver. how do you solve this problem? there's not a lot there. even beyond solving that empathy gap, there's a danger for romney "nightly news" in t in the debates to see there aren't answers there behind the talking points. when you're on the stag
by even i mean with obama in the lead. the next chance for romney to shift the game is at the debaess and the first one is october 3rd. he said while voters are open to firing obama, they remain quite reticent about romney. debates can and have been critical, but they work better for candidates who need to demonstrate that they are smart and knowledgeable, tests romney met and passed long ago. debates are tougher venues for demonstrates elm pat yi and developing trust. charlie cook says that's...
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president obama is not a bad guy. no. president obama is not a bad guy. he is good at giving great speeches. he is just really bad at creating jobs. [applause] here is the problem. when you think that the road to success and prosperity is more borrowing, more spending, more taxing, more regulating, a government-centered society with a government-run economy, these are the kinds of results that we get. if we want the next four years to be any different than the last four years, we need a different president. [applause] now, four years ago, president obama said if you do not have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone that people should run from. guess what? thats exactly what he is doing today. so, let's take a look at where we are. we got some pretty disappointing news just today. you know, we learned today that for every person who got a job, nearly four people stopped looking for a job. they gave up. we cannot keep doing this. our economy needs to correct just 150,000 jobs every month just to keep up with the growth of our populatio
president obama is not a bad guy. no. president obama is not a bad guy. he is good at giving great speeches. he is just really bad at creating jobs. [applause] here is the problem. when you think that the road to success and prosperity is more borrowing, more spending, more taxing, more regulating, a government-centered society with a government-run economy, these are the kinds of results that we get. if we want the next four years to be any different than the last four years, we need a...
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first lady michelle obama will be in the area this afternoon. and orioles fans are itching to get their hands on post-season tickets. we will tell you what you have to do to be part of the magic at camden yard. and now your maryland lottery pick 3 and pick 4 numbers. >> the maryland lottery celebrates purple friday all month long. >> we are with you on this beautiful purple friday with your pick 3 numbers. for starters we have an 8. that is a 9 as printed on the ball. your final number -- zero. 8-9-0. we will get to your pick 4 in just a moment. this is a little different, a little simpler. learn how online. we're all set to go with your pick 4 numbers. 7 for starters. next number is a 4. all right, we have got a 3. the final number is a one. 7-4-3-1. the maryland lottery, let yourself plight. >> the autumnal equinoxes is -- equinoxes is coming up. >> that is right. is going to feel like fall. is going to feel like fall.
first lady michelle obama will be in the area this afternoon. and orioles fans are itching to get their hands on post-season tickets. we will tell you what you have to do to be part of the magic at camden yard. and now your maryland lottery pick 3 and pick 4 numbers. >> the maryland lottery celebrates purple friday all month long. >> we are with you on this beautiful purple friday with your pick 3 numbers. for starters we have an 8. that is a 9 as printed on the ball. your final...
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>> obama and romney, what is their question for these guys? >> who is going to do something in the next four years where you don't have a debate over whether one is better off or not. i think there is, tom and i were just talking about that. there is a hunger for big ideas. will is a hunger for a kind of leadership that goes, harkens to our better hours, and i think wherever you stand, in a partisan sense, ronald reagan had big ideas, bill clinton had big ideas, and we thought that barack obama did, and for all of the circumstances and all the data points, it just has been very hard for him to breakthrough, and i think that what worries me most is that we are in a moment where in terms of the two parties we are in a battle for the narcissism of small differences, that it is one, one party essentially with -- an establishment party with two wings, and i think that is why you have a great deal of disaffection. >> rose: you took note at the time of neal armstrong's death. >> yes. >> rose: that was a remind that the country has been its best when
>> obama and romney, what is their question for these guys? >> who is going to do something in the next four years where you don't have a debate over whether one is better off or not. i think there is, tom and i were just talking about that. there is a hunger for big ideas. will is a hunger for a kind of leadership that goes, harkens to our better hours, and i think wherever you stand, in a partisan sense, ronald reagan had big ideas, bill clinton had big ideas, and we thought that...
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how much of a risk is that for president obama? >> i think that people will get motivated after this election -- after this convention. time will tell. i can tell you that we are prepared. we have put together over one year the deepest, most comprehensive get-out-the-vote effort in any party history. we are different from the republicans in that we are not just putting all of our money in television and in the mail. we are investing a lot in talking to the voters threw every medium. we will be knocking on doors. we will be talking to voters. we will be encouraging them to get out and vote. that is a good way to motivate the base, i think. certainly to get them out to vote, which is the most important thing, motivated or not. >> do you think that president obama will be winning north carolina, where the convention is being held? guest: i think we're very close. we are going to fight, hand-to- hand, for the voters, for the hearts and minds of the people of north carolina. we are going to work across the nation for every demographic g
how much of a risk is that for president obama? >> i think that people will get motivated after this election -- after this convention. time will tell. i can tell you that we are prepared. we have put together over one year the deepest, most comprehensive get-out-the-vote effort in any party history. we are different from the republicans in that we are not just putting all of our money in television and in the mail. we are investing a lot in talking to the voters threw every medium. we...
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>> president obama the democrat. at the moment, the president has the edge, a number of reasons why. majority, 51-46. close, but advantage to the president. one of the reasons why. you ask likely voters who attended college, 52% for president obama. we have to match those up as those who describe themselves as moderates. 58% describe themselves as moderates. they tend to live in the suburbs. an important advantage for the president. taxes part of the economic debate. not all bad for governor romney. state of florida, more from our most recent poll. older voters, tend to be more reliable. voters 50 years of age and older. again, more reliable voting group. 54% support governor romney. 42% for president obama, obviously, jobs number one part of the economy. on taxes, at the moment, an advantage for the president. >> governor romney has been criticized by fellow republicans by not raising out enough specifics. what loopholes he would close. how has the campaign been responding to that? >> mitt romney has suggested on a
>> president obama the democrat. at the moment, the president has the edge, a number of reasons why. majority, 51-46. close, but advantage to the president. one of the reasons why. you ask likely voters who attended college, 52% for president obama. we have to match those up as those who describe themselves as moderates. 58% describe themselves as moderates. they tend to live in the suburbs. an important advantage for the president. taxes part of the economic debate. not all bad for...
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obama is not that kind of guy. he is a more intro verted guy so it's not like we are blood brothers together, we played football together, we played golf together that is not there. >> rose: so the election will depend as they head to the crucial period between now and november 6s, on the debate. >> right. >> rose: can, i mean is there other than something happening, is it unlikely that something happening being an external event in the international front or b, a debate that is so one-sided which i think is unlikely to be one-sided. the best that could happen would say to me is that the person who is less well-known or the person who has the most interest in changing the impression of himself can achieve that. >> right. >> rose: that would be reagan. >> what argument is romney going to make? what is the bumper sticker. what is the core argument. and so if romney said listen, first what makes you thin think-- what make you think the next four years will be better than the last four that is one good argument. second
obama is not that kind of guy. he is a more intro verted guy so it's not like we are blood brothers together, we played football together, we played golf together that is not there. >> rose: so the election will depend as they head to the crucial period between now and november 6s, on the debate. >> right. >> rose: can, i mean is there other than something happening, is it unlikely that something happening being an external event in the international front or b, a debate that...
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what is michelle obama's job tonight? >> it's to simply humanize her husband and build on the high like ability score for him. the first lady has appalachin a rating of nine points higher than her husband. so her job hands down is to just make him seem like a family man. >> doesn't he already have that reputation? as you said, people love her. they definitely like him in comparison to barack obama. mark halperin says she'll actually have a couple of things here. middle class and military families. she'll talk not just about the president's life, raised by a single mom with a grandmother who got up early, went to her job at a think about a, but that he's the person who understands what working class americans need. is that what she should be doing? >> all our polling shows that people think the economy is not actually doing that well and they're worried about the president and the economy. what they like about him is they view him as caring and they view him as cariing about understanding their problems much more than mitt
what is michelle obama's job tonight? >> it's to simply humanize her husband and build on the high like ability score for him. the first lady has appalachin a rating of nine points higher than her husband. so her job hands down is to just make him seem like a family man. >> doesn't he already have that reputation? as you said, people love her. they definitely like him in comparison to barack obama. mark halperin says she'll actually have a couple of things here. middle class and...
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obama with saving their industry. >> with the help of president obama saving the big three. if we had let chrysler, chevrolet and gm go down, there would not be an international union, o he did save our jobs. >> suarez: that's the message the president took on the labor day campaign trail to ohio, where he reminded autoworkers of mitt romney's opposition to the g.m. and chrysler bailouts. >> when auto industry was flat lining, their play book was to let it go bankrupt. you would have been benched for good. that's not a good plan. more than one million people would have lost their jobs. for mid west it would have been another great depressions. >> suarez: workers in charlotte will hear from the president thursday night, when he officially accepts the democratic nomination for a cond term. >> woodruff: we look now at the state of organized labor with the leaders of three unions. mary kay henry is president of the service employees international union. jim hoffa is president of the international brotherhood of teamsters. and lee saunders is president of the american federation
obama with saving their industry. >> with the help of president obama saving the big three. if we had let chrysler, chevrolet and gm go down, there would not be an international union, o he did save our jobs. >> suarez: that's the message the president took on the labor day campaign trail to ohio, where he reminded autoworkers of mitt romney's opposition to the g.m. and chrysler bailouts. >> when auto industry was flat lining, their play book was to let it go bankrupt. you...